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COMPILATION 


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PUBLIC    SCHOOL    LAWS 


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STATE  OF  NEW  MEXICO 


ENACTED    BY  THE 


THIRD  STATE  LEGISLATURE 


1917 


PREPARED  UNDER  THE  DIRECTION  OF 

JONATHAN    H.   WAGNER 

STATE  SUPERINTENDENT  PUBLIC  INSTRUCTION 


PUBLISHED  BY 

DEPARTMENT  OF  EDUCATION 

SANTA    FE.    NEW   MEXICO 

1917 


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SENATE  BILL  NO.  158 

APPROVED  MARCH  13,  1917 

AN  ACT 

RELATING  TO  THE  SCHOOL  LAWS,  CREATING 
COUNTY  BOARDS  OF  EDUCATION,  PRESCRIB- 
ING 'i^HEIR  POWERS  AND  DUTIES,  AND 
AMENDING  AND  REPEALING  CERTAIN 
SCHOOL  LAWS  FOR  THE  PURPOSE  OF  CON- 
FORMING TO  THE  SYSTSM  ADOPTED  HERE- 
IN. 

Be  It  Enactcfl  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico : 

Section  i .  For  the  purpose  of  centralizing  control  over 
the  rural  schools  and  more  economically  administering  the 
funds  thereof,  there  is  hereby  created  in  each  and  every  coun- 
ty in  the  state,  and  in  each  and  every  county  hereafter  creat- 
ed in  this  state,  a  County  Board  of  Education,  which  shall 
be  a  public  corporation  capable  of  suing  and  being  sued,  con- 
tracting and  being  contracted  with,  and  acquiring,  holding, 
possessing,  and  disposing  of  both  real  and  personal  property 
including  the  power  to  hold  in  trust  all  property  and  funds 
for  the  use  of  any  rural  district,  together  with  such  other 
powers  as  are  hereinafter  described.     Such  corporation  shall 

be  st3ded  " County  Board  of  Education",  in 

which  name  it  shall  sue  and  be  sued,  contract  and  be  cctfi!- 
tracted  with,  acquire,  hold,  possess,  and  dispose  of  all  real 
and  personal  property. 

Sec.  2.  Immediately  after  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  become  effective  each  of  the  district  judges  in  the 
state,  for  each  county  in  his  respective  district,  shall  appoint 
from  the  electors  of  the  county,  no  more  than  two  of  whom 
shall  belong  to  the  same  poHtical  party,  four  persons  as 
members  of  the  County  Board  of  Education,  at  least  one 
of  whom  shall  be  appointed  from  each  County  Commis- 
sioner's district  and  not  more  than  one  of  whom  shall  be 
resident  of  an  incorporated  city,  town,  or  village  in  the 
county.     Two  of  such  appointees  shall  be  designated  by  said 


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judge  to  hold  office  for  a  term  of  four  years  and  two  for  a 
term  of  two  years  from  and  after  their  appointment  and 
qualification.  Every  two  \^ears  thereafter  each  of  sucli  judges 
shall  appoint  two  meml:>ers  to  each  of  said  boards  to  hold  of- 
fice for  a  term  of  four  years  and  until  their  successors  are 
appointed  and  qualified,  but  in  no  event  shall  more  than 
two  members  of  said  board  be  appointed  from  among  the 
residents  of  any  one  County  Commissioner's  district  nor 
more  than  one  from  among. the  residents  of  an  incorporat- 
ed city  town  or  village.  The  County  School  Superinten- 
dent of  each  county  shall  be  a  member  of  said  board  and  the 
president  and  presiding  officer  thereof,  but  shall  receive  no 
additional  compensation  therefor. 

Sec.  3.  For  the  purpose  of  this  act  incorporated 
cities,  towns,  and  villages  and  territory  attached  thereto  for 
school  purposes  shall  be  known  as  municipal  school  dis- 
tricts or  referred  to  herein  as  municipal  schools  and  all 
others  as  rural  school  districts  or  referred  to  herein  as  rural 
schools. 

Sec.  4.  The  members  of  said  board  shall  annually 
elect  one  of  their  members  as  vice-president  and  one  as 
secretary,  the  former  to  preside  at  all  meetings  which  the 
president  thereof  does  not  attend,  the  latter  to  record  and 
keep  in  a  book  furnished  for  that  purpose,  all  the  official 
proceedings  of  said  board.  All  meetings  shall  be  called  and 
attended  by  the  county  school  superintendent,  but  in  no 
case  shall  any  official  business  be  transacted  by  said  board 
in  the  absence  of  the  president  thereof,  except  where  the 
waiver  in  writing  of  his  presence  has  been  filed  with  the 
said  board.  The  board  shall  hold  a  meeting  at  least  once 
in  ever}^  two  months  and  shall  have  power  to  call  such 
special  meetings  as  the  president  shall  deem  necessary. 
All  the  members  of  the  said  board  except  the  county  school 
superintendent  shall  be  reimbursed  from  the  school  funds 
upon  the  warrant  of  the  president  of  said  board  for  money  by 
them  expended  for  actual  cost  of  transportation  to  and 
from  the  place  of  meeting,  at  the  rate  of  five  cents  per 
mile  for  every  mile  actually  and  necessarily  traveled  and  shall, 
also,  receive  two  dollars  and  fifty  cents  ($2.50)  per  day  for 
every  day  actually  consumed  in  holding  meetings,  but  no 
member  shall  receive  in  any  one  calendar  year  more  than 
the  total  sum  of  twenty-five  dollars  as  per  diem  fees  nor 
be   reimbursed    for   said    traveling   expenses    for   more   than 


ten  meetings  in  any  one  calendar  year.  The  majority  of 
the  board  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  The  books  and  papers 
of  said  boards  shall  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  county 
school  superintendent. 

Sec.  5.  The  said  board  shall  have  full  power  and 
control  over  all  rural  schools  and  districts  and  the  funds 
thereof,  including  high  schools  in  rural  districts  and  the 
funds  thereof,  except  as  such  power  is  now  conferred  upon 
the  State  Board  of  Education  and  the  State  Superintendent 
of  Public  Instruction.  Said  boards  shall,  also,  have  power 
to  contract  for  and  purchas.e  all  sites,  buildings,  equipment 
or  other  property  for  schools.  All  rural  school  moneys  in 
the  respective  county  treasuries  and  all  such  money  credit- 
ed or  to  he  credited  to  said  schools  shall  be  expended  and 
disbursed  upon  warrant  of  the  county  ^oard  of  education 
only,  signed  by  the  president  thereof,  and  countersigned  by 
the  secretary  thereof,  and  no  contract  of  expenditure  of  said 
funds  or  any  part  thereof  hereafter  made,  except  in  the  man- 
ner herein  specified,  shall  be  valid.  No  expenditures  shall 
be  made  by  said  board  involving  more  than  two  hundred 
dollars  except  upon  written  contract  of  said  board  and  no 
contract  involving  an  expenditure  of  more  than  five  hun- 
dred dollars  shall  be  made  by  said  board,  except  upon  seal- 
ed proposals  and  to  the  lowest  responsible  bidder.  .All  equip- 
ment and  supplies  for  rural  schools,  whenever  feasible,  shall 
be  purchased  by  said  board  in  quantities  and  at  wholesale 
prices.  Teachers  shall  be  employed  by  the  Board  of  School 
Directors  with  the  approval  of  the  County  Board  of  Educa- 
tion. 

Sec.  6.  The  title  to  all  property,  both  real  and  per- 
sonal, of  schools  in  rural  districts  shall  be  vested,  and  is 
hereby  vested,  in  the  County  Board  of  Education,  but  no- 
thing herein  shall  be  construed  as  imparing  the  security  of 
any  bonds  of  any  district  heretofore  issued  or  now  in  pro- 
cess of  being  issued.  The  right  to  acquire  real  estate  for 
school  purposes  for  rural  districts  is  hereby  vested  in  said 
Board,  by  way  of  eminent  domain,  to  be  exercised  in  the 
same  manner  as  the  power  is  or  shall  be  exercised  under 
the  law  by  railroads. 

Sec.  7.  Rural  school  districts  may  be  changed,  abol- 
ished, altered,  and  consolidated  and  the  boundaries  thereof 
altered  or  changed  by  the  respective  county  boards  of  educa- 
tion in  their  discretion,  but  nothing  herein  shall  affect  the 


provisions  of  Sec.  4877,  Code  of  191 5.  Provided,  however, 
that  the  territory  within  a  school  district  shall  not  be  reduced 
so  as  to  make  its  bonded  indebtedness  exceed  four  per  cent, 
of  its  assessed  valuation,  and  provided  further  that  when- 
ever a  new  school  district  is  created  or  the  lioundaries  of  the 
old  district  materially  altered,  the  county  board  of  education 
shall  ap|X)rtion  the  school  fund,  by  way  of  credit  as  provided 
by  law.  After  paying  all  indebtedness  of  the  old  district 
that  is  chargeable  to  the  common  school  fumd,  if  any  balance 
remains,  the  county  board  of  education  shall  credit  the  said 
balance  between  tlie  old  and  the  new  district  in  proportion 
to  the  number  of  children  of  school  age  in  each.  All  other 
resources  such  as  school  houses,  proceeds  from  sale  of  bonds, 
and  all  other  similar  indebtedness  shall  be  divided  between 
the  old  and  the  n^w  districts  in  proportion  to  the  taxable 
j)roperty  according  to  the  assessed  value  in  each.  In  making 
such  adjustment  the  county  board  of  education  is  authorized 
to  use  such  plans  or  means  as  will  best  subserve  the  mutual 
interests  of  the  districts  and  the  decision  of  said  board  there- 
on shall  be  final,  subject  only  to  the  right  of  appeal  to  the 
district  courts.  In  the  event  of  a  vacancy  in 
the  office  of  school  director  because  of  the  ex- 
ercise of  the  power  herein  contained,  the  same  shall  be  fill- 
ed as  provided  for  in  Sec.  4854,  Code  of  191 5. 

Sec.  8.  County  Boards  of  Education  and  Boards  of 
Education  of  municipal  districts  shall  have  power  and  be  re- 
quired to  provide,  by  building,  purchasing,  or  leasing,  suit- 
able school  houses;  to  keep  same  in  repair,  to  provide  the 
necessary  furniture  therefor,  to  provide  for  fuel  and  light, 
for  the  payment  of  teacliers'  wages  as  well  as  other  em- 
ployees excepting  only  the  county  school  superintendent;  to 
provide  for  the  payment  of  interest  on  school  bonds  and  the 
redemption  thereof,  and  to  defray  all  other  expenses  con- 
nected with  the  proper  conduct  of  the  public  schools  in  their 
respective  districts. 

Sec.  9.  The  county  board  of  education  may  consti- 
tute any  board  of  school  directors  in  its  county  its  agent  for 
the  purpose  of  executing  any  of  the  ministerial  powers  here- 
in granted  to  and  chargeable  against  the  said  county  boards 
of  education,  which  delegation  of  authority  shall  be  in  writ- 
ing and  may  be  revoked  at  the  pleasure  of  said  board. 

Sec.  10.  Nothing  contained  in  this  act  shall  be  con- 
strued to  divest  boards  of   education   in   incorporated   terri- 


tor}^  of  any  of  the  powers  possessed  by  them,   immediately 
preceding  the  date  of  the  passage  of  this  act. 

Sec.  IT.  That  Section  4834,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  Subject  to 
the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  State  superintendent  of 
public  instruction,  the  county  superintendent  of  schools  shall 
have  jurisdiction  over  all  public  schools  within  his  county, 
except  those  in  cities,  and  except  as  otherwise  provided  by 
law,  and  such  schools,  including  city  schools  shall  make  such 
reports  to  the  county  superintendent  and  to  the  State  superin- 
tendent of  public  instruction  as  may  be  required  by  the  State 
Board  of  Education.  Each  county  superintendent  shall  visit 
each  school  within  his  county  as  often  as  the  State  Boiard 
of  Education  may  prescribe.  He  shall  supervise  the  meth- 
ods of  instruction  employed  in  the  various  schools ;  consult 
with  the  school  directors  concerning  the  improvement  of  their 
schools  and  the  keeping  of  their  accounts ;  enforce  compliance 
with  the  school  laws;  hold  teachers'  meetings  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  school  interests  of  his  county,  and  perfo'rm  such 
other  duties  as  are  provided  by  law  for  county  superinten- 
dents, and  such  as  the  State  Board  of  Education 
may  prescribe.  On  the  third  Monday  in.  January,  April, 
July,  and  October  of  each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  the 
County  School  Superintendent  shall  receive  the  certificate  of 
the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  signifying-  the  amount 
appropriated  to  each  county  for  the  use  of  the  common  schools 
of  the  current  year,  he  and  the  County  Board  of  Education 
shall  apportion  such  amount,  together  with  the  county  school 
fund  for  the  same  purpose,  to  the  credit  of  the  several  dis- 
tricts within  the  county,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  school 
children  residing  in  each  over  five  and  under  twenty-one  years 
of  age,  as  the  same  shall  appear  from  the  last  annual  reports 
of  the  clerks  of  the  respective  school  districts,  and  such  ap- 
proved amounts  credited  to  the  district  shall  be  certified  by 
said  coimty  board  of  education  to  the  directors  of  the  res- 
pective school  districts  and  to  the  county  treasurer  of  the 
county;  provided,  that  the  county  board  of  education  is  au- 
thorized to  leave  in  the  county  school  fund  a  sufficient 
amount  to  meet  such  warrants  as  may  be  legally  drawn  against 
said  fund  as  elsewhere  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  12.  That  Section  4837,  Code  of  1915,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows ;  The  county 
boards  of  education  quarterly,  and  at  their  next  meeting  after 


receiving  notice  that  scliool  funds  are  at  their  demand  for 
apportionment  to  the  credit  of  the  several  districts,  shall  pro- 
perly credit  snch  districts  with  the  amount  approved,  speci- 
fying the  number  of  the  district,  the  number  of  children  of 
school  age  in  each  district  and  the  amount  of  money  appor- 
tioned by  way  of  credit  thereto,  and  a  copy  of  this  aj>- 
portionment  report  shall  be  filed  within  ten  days  thereafter 
in  the  office  of  the  county  clerk  of  the  coimty,  and  he  shall 
also  supply  a  duplicate  copy  thereof  to  any  newspaper  print- 
ed within  the  county  which  will  give  publicity  to  the  same 
free  of  charge  as   a  matter  of  general   infonnation. 

Sec.  13.  That  Section  4839,  Code  of  1915,  be  and 
is  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  That  every 
county  school  suerintendent  or  other  officer  who  shall  wil- 
fully neglect  or  refuse  to  make  and  deliver  the  reports  speci- 
fied in  Sec.  4838,  Code  of  191 5,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of 
misconduct  in  office  and  shall  be  removed  from  office  as 
provided  by  law. 

Sec.  14.  That  Section  4844,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  E^ch  school 
district  shall  be  a  body  corporate  by  the  name  and  style  of 

School  District  Number of  the  County  of 

and  by  such  name  may  contract  and  be  contracted  with,  sue 
and  be  sued,  in  any  of  the  courts  of  this  state  having  com- 
petent jurisdiction. 

Sec.  15.  That  Section  4845,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and  it 
hejreby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  No  public  school 
house  or  building  shall  hereafter  be  situate  or  erected  except 
upon  a  public  highway  or  thoroughfare. 

Sec.  16.  That  Section  4854,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and  it 
hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  Five  days  after 
their  qualification  the  school  directors  shall  meet  and  elect  a 
chairman  and  a  clerk,  and  two  directors  shall  constitute  a 
quorum,  which  shall  be  competent  to  discharge  all  the  duties 
of  a  full  board.  Should  a  vacancy  occur  from  any  cause, 
notice  shall  be  given  to  the  county  superintendent  by  the 
directors  or  a  director,  and  thereupon  said  county  superin- 
tendent shall  appoint  a  director  to  fill  such  vacancy  until  the 
next  election.  The  directors  shall  have  the  care  and  keep- 
ing of  the  school  house  and  other  property  therein  or  at- 
tached thereto.  No  school  house  or  building  shall  be  used 
for  any  purposes  other  than  those  which  may  be  prescribed 
by  the  County  Board  of  Education. 


Sec.  17.  That  Section  4855,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and  it 
hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  No  board  shall 
issue  warrants  or  certificates  of  indebtedness  of  the  school 
district,  in  excess  of  the  amount  of  the  levy  for  one  year,  but 
all  school  orders  shall  draw  six  per  cent,  interest  per  annum 
after  having  been  presented  to  the  county  treasurer  and  not 
paid  for  want  of  funds,  which  fact  shall  be  indorsed  upon  the 
order  by  the  treasurer;  and  when  there  is  sufficient  money 
in  the  treasury  to  pay  any  such  order  the  President  and 
Secretary  of  the  County  Board  of  Education  shall  draw  an 
order  for  the  interest  due  oh  said  order  and  further  interest 
shall  cease   from  date  of  such  order. 

Sec.  18.  That  Section  4857,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and  it 
hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  The  directors 
of  schools  in  the  several  school  districts  in  the  State  shall,  on 
or  before  the  first  day  of  September  of  each  year  make  an 
enum,eration  of  all  unmarried  persons  between  five  and 
twenty-one  years  of  age,  giving  the  names,  ages  and  sex  of 
such  persons  in  full,  and  shall  report  the  same  in  writing, 
which  enumeration  list  shall  be  signed  by  all  the  directors,  to 
the  county  superintendent  within  fifteen  days  thereafter.  It 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  said  school  directors  to 
correctly  enumerate  or  cause  to  be  enumjerated  all  unmar- 
ried persons  of  the  respective  school  districts  as  specified 
herein.  For  said  enumeration  he  shall  be  paid  from  the  funds 
in  the  hands  of  the  county  board  of  education  to  the  credit 
of  the  district,  the  sum  of  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  for  each 
one  hundred  names  or  fraction  thereof,  thus  enumerated.  En- 
umeration list  and  the'  forms  for  enumeration  herein  provid- 
ed shall  be  specified  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction. 

Whenever  a  petition  signed  by  one  hundred  qualified 
voters  shall  be  presented  to  the  board  of  education  or  school 
trustees  of  any  mcorporated  city,  town  or  village  in  this  State 
praying  therefor,  any  such  board  to  which  such  petition  is 
presented  shall  require  the  person  appointed  to  miake  the  school 
census  at  the  time  of  making  such  school  census  to  also  as- 
certain and  enumerate  the  number  of  persons  residing  in  any 
such  city,  town  or  village.  All  resident  unmarried  persons 
between  said  ages  shall  be  entitled  to  attend  -the  schools  of 
their  district. 

Sec.  19.  That  Section  4860,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and  it 
hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :     The  respective 


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County  Board  of  Education  having  jurisdiction  of  the  various 
school  districts  shall  procure  at  the  expense  of  their  respective 
districts,  towns  or  cities,  for  every  public  school  not  provided 
therewith,  a  United  States  flag  not  less  than  five  feet  long, 
together  with  a  flagstaff,  and  the  necessary  appliances  there- 
for; and  whenever  the  flag,  flagstaff  or  the  necessary  ap- 
pliances therefor  of  any  such  school  shall  from  any  cause 
become  unsuitable  for  further  use  such  boards  of  education 
shall  in  the  same  manner  purchase  others  in  place  there- 
of. 

Sec.  20.  That  Section  4899,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  The  res- 
pective county  boards  of  education  are  hereby  required  to  in- 
sure all  school  property  in  rural  districts  and  to  pa}^  all  pre- 
mieums  thereon  from  the  funds  credit  to  such  districts  over 
which  they  may   have  control. 

Sec.  21.  That  Section  4900,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  Any  failurfe 
of  any  of  the  officers  mentioned  in  the  preceding  sections  of 
this  article  to  carry  out  their  provisions  in  the  letter  and 
the  spirit  thereof,  shall  subject  such  officers  to  removal  and 
to  a  forfeiture  of  their  official  bond  for  the  benefit  of  the 
school  district  so  injured  thereby. 

Sec.  22.  That  Section  4901,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  For  the  pur- 
pose of  erecting  or  completing  school  houses  the  county  boards 
of  eudcational  shall  have  power  and  authority  to  borrow 
nioney,  by  issuing  negotiable  bonds  of  the  district  wherein 
such  buildings  are  to  be  erected  or  completed,  said  bonds  to 
run  for  a  period  of  not  less  than  twenty  years  nor  more 
than  thirty,  to  draw  interest  at  the  rate  of  not  to  exceed  six 
per  centum  per  annum,  with  interest  payable  semi-annually 
or  annually,  but  such  bonds  shall  not  be  sold  for  less  than 
ninety  per  centum  of  par,  with  accrued  interest. 

Sec.  23.  That  Section  4902,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  Before  any 
bonds  shall  be  issued  under  the  foregoing  section  the  county 
board  of  education,  through  the  directors  of  the  school  dis- 
trict, shall  submit  to  the  voters  of  their  district  at  the  regular 
or  any  special  election  called  for  that  purpose,  the  question 
of  issuing  bonds,  giving  the  same  notice  of  such  meeting- 
as  is  now  required  to  be  given  for  the  election  of  directors. 


and  the  amount  proposed  to  be  raised  by  the  sale  of  such 
bonds,  which  question  shall  be  voted  vipon  by  the  qualified 
electors  of  the  district,  and  if  a  majority  of  all  the  votes 
cast  upon  that  question,  be  in  favor  of  the  issue  of  such 
bonds,  then  said  board  shall  issue  bonds  to  the  amount  voted, 
in  denominations  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  dollars,  nor 
exceeding  five  hundred  dollars,  due  not  less  than  twenty, 
nor  more  than  thirty  years  after  date,  and  redeemable  at 
the  pleasure  of  the  district  at  any  time  after  ten  years, 
which  said  bonds  shall  be  given  in  the  name  of  the  district 
issuing  them  and  shall  be  signed  by  the  president  of  the 
board  of  directors,  countersigned  by  the  president  of  the 
county  board  of  education  and  attested  by  the  secretary 
thereof.  Said  bonds  shall  be  delivered  to  the  county  treas- 
urer, taking  his  receipt  therefor;  and  said  county  treasurer 
shall  advertise  for  the  sale  of  said  bonds  to  the  highest 
bidder,  in  at  least  four  issues  of  some  weekly  paper  publish- 
ed in  his  county,  or  an  adjoining  county,  and  shall  count- 
ersign said  bonds  when  negotiated ;  the  county  treasurer  shall 
place  the  proceeds  of  such  sale  of  bonds  to  the  credit  of 
the  proper  district,  to  be  paid  out  as  provided  for  in  the 
manner  of  special  distict  tax.  The  county  treasurer  shall 
stand  charged  upon  his  official  bond  with  all  bonds  that 
may  be  delivered  to  him,  but  any  bond  or  bonds  not  sold 
may  be  returned  to  the  district  and  the  treasurer  credited 
with  the  same:  Provided,  That  if  such  bonds  are  issued  for 
the  building  of  a  school  house,  that  the  contactor  construct- 
ing the  same  may  receive  in  payment,  such  bonds  at  their  face 
value,  or  at  the  price  offered  by  the  highest  bidder.  Provided, 
Further,  That  none  of  such  bonds  shall  be  sold  for  less  than 
ninety  cents  on  the  dollar. 

Sec.  24.  That  Section  4906,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  In  any 
school  district  where  a  special  tax  is  in  contemplation  of 
being  levied,  or  of  bonds  being  issued,  and  after  the  bound- 
aries of  the  district  have  been  properly  determined  and  mark- 
ed for  that  purpose,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  county  as- 
sessor to  certify  to  the  county  school  superintendenf,  the 
board  of  directors,  and  the  county  board  of  education  a  true 
and  correct  copy  of  the  last  general  assessment  of  taxable 
proDerty  in  the  school  district.  Whenever  a  special  tax  is  to 
be  levied  or  bonds  to  be  issued  in  a  newly  created  district  the 
assessor  shall  make  an  assessment  of  all  the  taxable  pro- 
perty, real  and  personal,  within  the  said  newly  created  dis- 


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trict  including  therein  all  live  stock  which  graze  wholly  with- 
in the  limits  thereof  and  shall  certify  said  assessment  to 
the  county  school  superintendent,  the  board  of  district  direct- 
ors, and  the  county  board  of  education  as  provided  herein. 

Sec.  25.  Nothing  contained  in  this  act  shall  be  con- 
strued to  impair  the  security  or  validity  of  any  bonds  here- 
tofore issued  by  any  school  district. 

Sec.  26.  That  Section  4907,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  The  county 
superintendent  of  schools  for  each  county  of  this  state  joint- 
ly with  the  respective  county  boards  of  education  shall  have 
power  in  cases  where  any  school  district  in  the  county  does 
not  own  a  school  house,  upon  a  petition  signed  by  twenty 
residents  of  such  school  district,  being  each  the  head  of  a 
family  and  having  children  of  school  age  in  the  family,  to 
order  the  school  directors  of  such  school  district  to  submit 
the  question  of  issuing  bonds  of  such  district  for  the  pur- 
pose of  building  a  school  house  as  provided  for  in  section 
23  to  the  voters  of  such  school  district. 

Sec.  2y.  That  Section  4908,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  In  cases 
where  the  question  of  issuing  such  bonds  has  been  or  shall 
be  submitted  to  the  voters  of  such  school  district,  and  shall  fail 
to  carry,  then  such  county  board  of  education  shall  in  writ- 
ing order  the  county  treasurer  to  set  aside  such  portion  of 
the  credited  school  fund  of  such  district,  not  less  than  one- 
fifth  thereof,  yearly,  for  the  purpose  of  eventually  building 
a  school  house  for  such  district,  and  such  fund  shall  be  kept 
for  such  purpose  only,  and  such  county  boards  of  education 
shall,  when  in  their  opinion  such  fund  is  sufficiently  large 
for  the  purpose,  build  or  cause  to  be  built  such  school 
house. 

Sec.  28.  That  Section  491 1,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  When  the 
income  of  any  school  district  in  this  state  is  insufficient  to 
permit  the  proper  maintenance  of  schools  therein,  or  when 
any  s(?hool  district  is  in  imperative  need  of  additional  funds 
for  school  purposes  it  may,  through  the  county  board  of  educa- 
tion petition  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction  for 
sufficient  funds  out  of  the  fund  herein  created  to 
enable  the  districts  to  build  and  construct  suitable  school 
houses  or  complete  or  properly  furnish  the  same.  The  ap- 
plication  shall   describe   the   boundaries   of   the   district,   the' 


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amount  of  taxable  propert}^  therein,  the  indebtedness  thereof, 
the  number  of  school  children  therein  who  can  be  ac- 
commodated by  such  school  buildings  and  all  other  facts 
which  may  aid  the  said  superintendent  in  determining  the  ad- 
visability of  giving  the  aid  provided  for  herein.  The  ap- 
plication shall  be  signed  by  the  school  directors  of  the  district 
and  by  the  president  of  the  county  board  of  education  and  be 
presented  to  the  superintendent  of  public  instruction. 

Sec.  29.  That  Section  4912,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and  it 
hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  If  the  applica- 
tion mentioned  in  Section  49 11  be  approved  by  the  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction,  the  Auditor  of  the  State  shall 
draw  his  warrant  in  favor  of  the  treasurer  of  the  county  in 
which  such  district  is  situate  to  be  by  him  credited  to  the 
County  Board  of  Education  for  the  school  district,  payable 
out  of  the  fund  herein  created  and  the  treasurer  of  the 
state  shall  pay  said  warrant  upon  the  endorsement  of  the 
said  county  treasurer  out  of  such  fund.  Provided,  That  not 
to  exceed  ($300)  Three  Hundred  Dollars  shall  be  allowed  for 
building  or  completing  any  school  building  nor  more  than 
Fifty  Dollars  for  furnishing  any  school  room  and  in  every 
case  the  school  district  receiving  the  aid  shall  furnish  in 
labor  or  money  at  least  one-third  of  the  cost  of  the  con- 
struction, completion,  or  furnishing  of  the  school  building  or 
buildings.  The  site  in  all  cases  shall  be  procured  by  the 
school  directors  unless  the  county  board  of  education  other- 
wise consents,  and  the  title  thereof  be  vested  in  fee  simple 
in  the  county  board  of  education. 

Sec.  30.  That  Section  4913,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  Plans  and 
specifications  for  the  building,  completing,  or  furnishing  of 
the  school  building  or  school  buildings  of  the  district,  speci- 
fied in  Section  49 11,  shall  be  prepared  by  the  county  board 
of  education  or  the  respective  school  directors  upon  the  order 
of  said  board.  The  county  board  of  education  shall  call  for 
sealed  bids  for  the  construction,  completion  or  furnishing  of 
said  school  building  or  buildings,  allowing  at  least  thirty  days 
for  filing  bids,  with  adequate  notice  of  date  and  place  of 
opening.  The  county  board  shall  open  said  bids  and  award 
the  contract  for  building,  completing  or  furnishing  said  school 
house  or  houses,  as,  in  their  judgment,  the  best  interests  of 
the  district  may  require.  A  sufficient  bond  shall  be  required 
of  the  contractor  for  the  full  and  faithful  performance  of 
his  contract. 


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Sec.  31.  That  Section  4914,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  The  Coun- 
ty Treasurer  shall  honor  and  pay  all  warrants  drawn  by  the 
county  board  of  education  against  the  fund  placed  to  the 
credit  of  the  district  as  herein  provided.  In  no  event  shall 
a  county  board  of  education  contract  for  or  incur  obliga- 
tions on  such  account  beyond  the  amount  of  money  available 
in  the  county  treasury  for  such  purposes. 

Sec.  32.  That  Section  4917,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  No  county 
board  of  education,  nor  municipal  board  of  education,  nor 
any  member  thereof  shall  act  as  agent  for  any  person,  firm, 
or  corporation  engaged  in  selling  school  furniture,  apparatus, 
etc.,  or  doing  any  work  under  contract  for  such  boards,  nor 
shall  any  such  boards  or  members  thereof  receive  any  com- 
mission on  account  thereof  and'  all  persons  identified  in  an 
official  capacity  with  the  public  schools  or  with  the  higher 
educational  institutions  supported  in  whole  or  in  part  by  the 
public  funds  of  this  state  are  prohibited  from'being  a  party 
directly  or  indirectly  to  any  contract,  or  interested  in  any  con- 
tract, in  connection  with  the  operation  or  maintenance  of  such 
public  schools  or  higher  educational  institutions ;  and  any  con- 
tract in  which  they  are  so  interested  shall  be  void,  and  the 
members  of  any  educational  board  voting  for  the  same  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and  liable  to  punishment  accord- 
ingly. 

Sec.  33.  That  Section  4919,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  Except  as 
otherwise  provided  by  law,  all  property  belonging  to  rural 
school  districts  and  all  property  the  title  of  which  is  or  may 
be  vested  in  the  county  board  of  education,  shall  not  be  sold 
transferred,  or  disposed  of,  except  for  cash  or  its  equivalent 
and  with  the  written  consent  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public 
Instruction. 

Sec.  34.  That  Section  4936,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  A  poll  tax 
of  one  dollar  shall  be  levied  upon  all  able  bodied  male  persons 
of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  or  over,  for  school  purposes. 
It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerks  of  the  various  school  dis- 
tricts of  the  State  of  New  Mexico  to  make  out  separate  lists 
of  all  persons  liable  to  pay  a  poll  tax,  resident  in  their 
respective  districts,  and  the  clerk  thereof  shall  receive  three 
dollars  to  be  paid  by  the  county  board  of  education  or  from 


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the  municipal  school  funds  out  of  the  funds  to  the  credit 
of  the  school  district  for  which  such  service  is  rendered,  and 
no  other  j>erson  shall  receive  a  recompense  for  such  services. 
It  shall  be  the  duty- of  the  said  school  district  clerk  to  collect! 
said  poll  tax  and  said  clerk  shall  receive  ten  per  centum  of 
all  moneys  collected  from  poll  taxes.  The  school  district 
clerks  are  hereby  empowered  to  bring  suit  in  the  name  of 
the  school  district  for  the  collection  of  said  poll  tax,  if  not 
paid  within  .^ixty  days  after  the  posting  of  the  notice  speci- 
fied in  Section  4937,  Code  of  191 5.  All  poll  taxes  shall  be 
paid  to  the  county  treasurer  for  the  use  of  the  respective 
school  districts  in  which  the  same  are  collected,  and  the 
Treasurer  shall  pay  to  the  school  district  clerk  his  percentage 
of  the  gross  amount  collected:  Provided,  That  no  resident 
of  .any  school  district  shall  pay  his  poll  tax  to  any  other 
district  than  the  one  in  which  he  resides;  And  Provided, 
Further,  That  no  poll  tax  shall  be  received  by  any  district 
clerk  from  any  resident  of  any  other  school  district.  No 
property  shall  be  exempt  from  execution  in  suits  for  collec- 
tion of  poll  taxes  and  the  justices  of  the  peace  and  cons- 
tables shall  not  demand  fees  in  advance  for  such  suits,  And, 
Provided,  Further,  That  all  money  collected  as  poll  tax  shall 
be  immediately  transmitted  to  the  county  treasurer  and  by 
him  credited  to  the  district  transmitting  the  same,  but  no 
such  money  shall  be  expended  except  upon  warrant  of  the 
county  board  of  education  or  municipal  board  of  education. 

Sec.  35.  That  Section  4962,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  County  super- 
intendents are  vested  with  general  supervisory  powers  in  this 
matter  and  shall  require  all  directors  to  comply  with  the 
provisions  of  Section  4961.  Principals  or  teachers  in  charge 
of  rural  schools  in  this  state  shall  weekly  make  a  report  in 
writing  to  the  county  school  superintendent  containing  the 
names  of  all  persons  having  the  control  of  children  of  school 
age  who  have  failed,  neglected,  or  refused  to  send  such  child- 
ren to  school  as  required  by  Section  4961.  The  presiding 
judge  of  the  district  courts  at  each  session  shall  give  to  the 
grand  jury  as  a  special  charge,  the  substance  of  the  law 
of  compulsory  school  attendance. 

Sec.  36.  That  Section  4966,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  liereby  is  amiended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  All  of  said 
high  schools  situate  in  a  municipal  school  district  shall  be 
under  the  control  of  the  board  of  education   and  all   such 


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schools  situate  in  a  rural  school  district  shall  be  under  the 
control  of  the  county  board  of  education. 

Sec.  2i7'  That  Section  4967,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  F'or  the 
purpose  of  maintaining  county  high  schools,  municipal  boards 
of  education  and  county  boards  of  education  wherein  such 
high  schools  are  situate,  shall  annually  certify  to  the  board  of 
county  commissioners  of  the  county  an  estimate  of  the  amount 
of  money  needed  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  said  schools, 
and  thereupon  the  board  of  county  commissioners,  at  the 
time  of  making  levies  for  other  school  purposes,  shall  levy 
not  to  exceed  two  mills  on  the  dollar,  an  amount  sufficient 
to  produce  the  amount  specified  in  said  estimates,  said  tax 
to  be  collected  in  the  same  manner  as  other  taxes;  when 
collected  by  the  county  treasurer,  said  amount  shall  be  placed 
to  the  credit  of  the  said  municipal  or  county  board  of  educa- 
tion, as  the  case  may  be,  in  separate  fund  known  as  and 
called  the  "County  High  School  Fund".  The  levy  provided 
for  herein  shall  be  called  the  County  High  School  Levy. 

Sec.  38.  That  Section  4969,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 
it  l:ereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  The  Treas- 
urer of  said  county  shall  apportion  said  high  school  fund 
among  the  high  schools  of  the  county  established  under  this 
article,  and  if  there  be  more  than  one  such  high  school,  in  the 
ratio  shown  by  the  number  of  children  attending  such  liigh 
schools  during  the  preceding  year.  Provided,  However,  That 
no  child  shall  be  counted  in  determining  said  ratio  who  has 
attended  said  high  school  for  less  than  half  of  the  regular 
sessions  of  its  high  school  year.  At  the  end  of  each  high 
school  year  the  president  and  secretary  of  the  said  municipal 
and  county  boards  of  education,  having  such  high  school  under 
oath,  shall  certify  to  the  treasurer  of  the  county  the  number 
of  such  pupils  attending  the  high  school  during  the  preceding 
year  as  the  basis  for  apportionment  of  the  county  high  school 
fund.  Provided,  Further,  that  when  an  additional  high 
school  shall  be  established  it  shall  receive  during  the  first 
school  year  not  to  exceed  one-third  of  the  mbneys  then  in  the 
county  high  school  fund.  Provided,  Further,  that  more 
than  one  high  school  m.ay  be  established  and  designated  as 
a  county  high  school  in  any  year,  and  in  that  case,  the  county 
high  school  fund  shall  be  apportioned  among  such  schools 
on  the  basis  of  attendance  during  the  preceding  high  school 
year  for  such  schools.  High  schools  now  located  and  estab- 
lished  in  any   county   of  the  state  shall   be  designated   and 


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established   as   county   high   schools    as     provided     in    this 
article. 

Sec.  39.  That  Section  4971,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and  it 
hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  Said  boards 
of  education  wherein  any  such  high  school  is  established 
shall  proceed  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  establishment  of 
said  county  high  school  to  secure  the  necessary  site  and 
buildings  and  are  hereby  authorized  to  bond  the  said  district 
as  now  provided  by  law  for  the  purpose  of  providing  the 
necessary  site  and  buildings.  0 

Sec.  40.  That  Section  4972,  Code  of  191 5,  be  anid 
it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows:  The  said 
boards  of  education  where  any  such  county  high  school  is 
established  shall  add  to  the  course  of  study  provided  foi 
such  school  the  additional  branches  of  manual  training,  do- 
mestic science,  the  elements  of  agriculture  and  commerpal 
science. 

Sec.     41.       That  Section  4973,  Code  of  191 5,  be  and 

it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  The  said 
boards  of  education  wherein  any  such  high  school  is  establish- 
ed shall  employ  and  discharge  teachers,  regulate  their  salaries 
and  shall  have  the  power  and  authority  to  make  all  necessary 
rules  and  regulations  and  to  do  all  things  for  the  proper 
management  and  control  of  said  county  high  school. 

Sec.  42.  That  Sec.  8,  Chapter.-^j^  Laws  of  191 5,  be 
and  it  hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  Aill  paiy- 
ments  on  account  of  any  rural  school  district  or  from  the 
funds  thereof  shall  be  made  pursuant  to  the  warrant  of  the 
county  board  of  education.  Said  boards  shall  keep  and 
maintain  an  accurate  record  of  all  disbursements  by  them 
made,  as  well  as  the  purposes  far  which  they  were  made. 

Sec.  43.  The  proceeds  from  all  levies  made  under  the 
provisions  of  Section  5  of  Chapter  79  of  the  Laws  of  191 5 
shall  be  apportioned  by  the  respective  county  treasurers  ac- 
cording to  the  approved  estimates  of  the  respective  boards 
of  county  commissioners  and  thereafter  be  subject  to  the  res- 
pective warrants  of  the  county  board  of  education  and  the 
treasurers  of  boards  of  education  of  municipal  districts. 

Sec.  44.  That  Section  4808,  Code  191 5,  be  and  it 
hereby  is  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows :  That  from  and 
after  January  first,  192 1,  three  members  of  the  State  Board 


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of  Education  shall  be  appointed  bv  the  Governor,  by  and  with 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  for  a  term  of  four 
years  and  two  for  a  term  of  two  years  and  until  their  suc- 
cessors are  appointed  and  qualified,  and  thereafter  every  two 
years  the  Governor  shall  appoint  two  or  three  members  to 
said  board  as  the  case  may  be,  to  hold  office  for  a  term  of 
four  year  and  until  their  successors  are  appointed  and  qual- 
ified. 

Sec.  45.  That  Sections  4836,  4851,  4916,  4969,  4840, 
4846,  4896,  4897,  4898,  Code  of  191 5,  and  Section  3,  Chapter 
79,  Laws  of  191 5,  and  all  acts  and  parts  of  acts  in  conflict 
iierewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  46.  That  it  is  necessary  for  the  preservation  of 
the  public  peace  and  safety  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  State 
of  New  Mexico,  that  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  become 
effective  at  the  earliest  possible  time,  and  therefore  an  emer- 
jjfency  is  hereby  declared  to  exist,  and  this  act  shall  take  ef- 
fect and  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from  and  after  its  passage 
and  app(roval. 

HOUSE  BILL  NO.  232 

APPROVED    MARCH    8,  1917 

AN  ACT 

PROVIDING  FOR  TEACHING  OF  HIGHER  GRADES 
IN  THE  RURAL  SCHOOLS  IN  THE  STATE  OF 
NEW  MEXICO: 

Be  It  Knacicd  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico : 

Section  i.  That  in  Rural  Schools  of  the  State  of  New 
Mexico  where  only  one  teacher  is  employed,  no  grades  shall 
be  taught  higher  than  the  eighth  grade  if  there  are  more  thany 
six  of  the  elementary  grades  being  taught  in  such  school : 
Provided,  that  two  or  more  districts  may  combine  and  under 
the  direction  of  the  County  Superintendent  and  by  permis- 
sion of  the  State  Superintendent  may  designate  some  central- 
ly located  school  where  the  higher  grades  may  be  taught  and 
such  provisions  as  are  necessary  for  the  maintenance  of  such 
schools  as  shall  be  deemed  necessary  may  be  provided  for  by 
the  said  Superintendents  together  with  the  County  Com- 
missioners. 


COMMITTEE  SUBSTITUTE  FOR 

HOUSE  BILL  NO.  51 

APPROVED  MARCH   3,  1917 

AN  ACT 

TO  FACILITATE  THE  TEACHING  OF  ENGLISH 
AND  SPANISH  BY  A  BI-LINGUAL  METHOD  IN 
CERTAIN  GRADES  OF  THE  PUBLIC  SCHOOLS. 

Be  It  U.nacicd  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  Nezv  Mexico : 

Section  i.  In  all  school  districts  of  this  State,  when- 
ever the  majority  of  the  patrons  of  the  school  shall  demand 
it  by  written  petition  to  the  County  Superintendent,  it  shall 
be  the  duty  of  the  teacher  in  charge  to  teach  reading  in  Span- 
ish and  English  by  the  bi-lingual  method  to  all  the  pupils  in 
the  first,  second  and  third  grades;  Provided,  that  this  re- 
quirement shall  not  apply  in  districts  where  it  shall  be  shown 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  County  Superintendent  that  it  has 
been  impossible,  after  dilligent  effort,  to  secure  the  services 
of  a  teacher  having  a  knowledge  of  the  two  languages,  Eng- 
lish and  Spanish. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  unlawful  for  the  County  Superin- 
tendent of  any  county  to  approve  for  payment  the  warrant 
for  monthly  salary  of  any  teacher  who  shall  fail  to  comply 
with  the  requirements  set  out  in  the  preceeding  section,  unless 
such  teacher  be  one  whose  services  have  been  secured  accord- 
ing to  the  proviso  in  said  section. 


HOUSE  BILL  NO.  257 

APPROVED  MARCH   13,  1917 

AN  ACT 

TO    CONDUCT    NOCTURNAL    SCHOOLS    FOR    IL- 
LITERATES. 

Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico : 

m 

Section  i.  The  School  Directors  in  every  school  dist- 
rict in  the  State  of  New  Mexico,  where  there  may  be  ten  or 
more  illiterate  or  semi-illiterate  persons  may  engage  their  re- 
spective teachers  to  liold  nocturnal  courses  of  instructions  as 
are  taught  in  the  common  school  branches  of  the  public  schools 
of  the  State  of  at  least  one  hour  each  night. 

Sec.  2.  An  allowance  of  five  ($5.00)  dollars  per  month 
for  the  first  ten  students  and  five  ($5.00)  dollars  additional 
for  any  number  over  and  above  the  first  ten  students,  shall  be 
paid  over  and  above  the  regular  salary  in  the  same  manner 
and  form  and  from  the  same  fund  that  the  teachers'  regular 
salaries  are  paid,  to  any  school  teacher  who  shall  engage  in 
the  performance  of  the  duties  prescribed  in  Section  i  of  this 
Act. 

Sec.  3.  That  it  is  necessary  for  the  preservation  of 
the  public  peace  and  safety  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  State 
of  New  Mexico,  that  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  become 
effective  at  the  earliest  possible  time,  and  therefore  an  emer- 
gency is  herel-iy  declared  to  exist,  and  this  act  shall  take  ef- 
fect and  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from  and  after  its  passage 
and  approval. 


COMMITTEE  SUBSTITUTE  FOR 

■     HOUSE  BILL  NO.  140 

APPROVED  MARCH   13,  1917 

AN  ACT 

TO  REQUIRE  COUNTY  SCHOOL  SUPERINTEND- 
ENTS TO  VISIT  EACH  SCHOOL  DISTRICT  AT 
LEAST  ONCE  A  YEAR  AND  TO  COMPENSATE 
THEM  THEREFOR. 

Be  It  Enacted  by  the  Legislature  of  the  State  of  New  Mexico : 

Section  i.  Hereafter  each  county  school  superintend- 
ent shall  visit  each  school  room  under  his  supervision  within 
his  county  at  least  once  a  year,  and  at  such  other  times  as  the' 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  shall  direct  and 
spend  at  least  one  half  day  in  each  of  such  visits,  and  ascer- 
tain the  condition  of  such  schools  in  said  districts,  the  age  and 
physical  condition  of  the  pupils  attending  such  schools,  the 
progress  being  made  by  such  pupils  and  all  other  facts  tending 
to  the  betterment  of  such  schools.  Such  County  Superin- 
tendent shall  thereupon  report  the  result  of  such  visits  to  the 
State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction,  with  recommei^- 
dations  looking  to  the  betterment  of  such  schools,  upon  such 
forms  as  he  may  provide,  a  copy  of  which  report  shall  be 
transmitted  to  the  County  Commissioners  of  the  County. 

Sec.  2.  In  addition  to  their  regular  salaries  County 
Superintendents  shall  receive  an  allowance  out  of  the  general 
county  fund,  for  traveling  expenses  actually  incurred  not  to 
exceed  the  following  schedule  on  the  basis  of  school  rooms 
under  their  supervision. 


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In  counties  with  less  than  30  $100.00 

In  counties  with  from  30  to  39  inclusive  150.00 
In  counties  with  from  40  to  49  inclusive  200.00 
In  counties  with  from  50  to59  inclusive  250.00 
In  counties  with  from  60  to  79  inclusive  300.00 
In  counties  with  from  80  and  over  350.00 

Sec.  3  That  it  is  necessary  for  the  preservation  of 
the  public  peace  and  safety  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  State 
of  New  Mexico,  that  the  provisions  of  this  Act  shall  become 
effective  at  the  earliest  possible  time,  and  therefore  an  emer- 
<i^ency  i^  hereby  declared  to  exist,  and  this  act  shall  take  ef- 
fect and  be  in  full  force  and  effect  from  and  after  its  passage 
and  approval. 


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